Bag and envelope



W. E. LOVER. BAG AND ENVELOPE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 2 I918.

Patented Aug, '8, 1922.

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WILLIAM E. LOVER, OF FINDLAY, OHIO.

BAG AND ENVELOPE.

in ress.

Application fi1ed .J'uly 2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLIAM E. LovEn, a citizen 01" the United States,residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and uselul Improvements in Bags and Envelopes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has as its object to provide a combined bag and envelopefor use in the transmittal by mail of small articles. of 1nerchandisesuch as small castings, bolts, etc. At the time of shipping sucharticles it is customary for the manufacturer or dealer to also send abill or letter referring to the shipment, and heretofore the article andbill have been separately transmitted. Thus it has been necessary toseparately wrap, address, and apply postage to the article and toseparately address and stamp the envelope containing the bill or othercommunication. The primary object of the present invention therefore isto practically reduce by hall the time and labor required in preparingfor mailing, such articles as above referred to, the invention being inthe nature of a cloth bag: in which the article to be transmitted isplaced and which has: may be securely closed by a draw string" or thelike and yet in a manner to permit of inspection by the postalauthorities. and an envelope which is permanently and securely uni-tedto the bag and in which may be placed the bill or letter of transmittal.Thus by the use of the prcsoi'it invention, and particularly where anenvelope with a transparent front is employed, it is only necessary towrite the name and address of the consignee a single time, as distinguished from the two or three writings here tofore required.Furthermore, due to the tact that the envelope for containing the billor letter of transmittal is permanently secured to the bag, the saidbill or letter and the article will reach the consignee simultaneously.

It is true that in some instances the bill or letter and the article tobe mailed are enclosed in. a single envelope but this practice is notsatisfactory as the envelope being of paper. is liable to be mutilatedin the mails resulting in the loss of the article or articles which areplaced therein.

The present invention therefore has as its further object the provisionof permanently connected containers for the article or articles and thebill or letter of transmittal, the containers being respectively of theform best Specification of Letters Iatent.

Faten'ted Allg', 8, 1922.

1918. Serial No. 243,039.

suited for the uses to which they are to be put. Thus in the instance ofthe present in vention, the bag is of cloth or other flexible and yetstrong material, whereas the envelope'is of still paper so that it willmaintain its flat form, the material comprising the bag, however, being,as stated above, flexible to permit it to adapt itself to the shape ofthe article deposited therein.

In the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 isa perspective view of the article embodying the presentinvention in its initial form;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the article, both thebag and envelope being sealed;

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 ofFigure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 3 illustrating a slightmodification of the invention.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a ban of muslin or any otherkind of cloth suitable for the purpose, and of any desired capacity andshape, although herein illustrated as generally rectangular. The bag initself does not difier from an ordinary bag and has the usual mouth 2which may be closed by the usual draw string or by wrapping string orwire about the puckered mouth of the bag" as indicated by the numeral 3and as clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. The envelope isindicated in genoral by the numeral .4. and while it may be an. envelopeof the ordinary construction, it is herein shown as formed froma singleintegral sheet of paper so folded transversely as at 5 to provide afront 6 and a back 7, the back at the closed end of? the envelope and atits upper ed go being provided respectively with flaps 8 and 9,preferably although not necessarily secured by adhesive to the face ofthe front 6. The back 7 at the open end of the envelope is provided witha closure flap 10 the inner side of which is gummed as indicated by thenumeral 11 so that it may be sealed to close the envelope in the usualmanner.

In their flat condition, the bag and envelope are of nearly the samedimensions, the envelope being, however, of slightly less width than thebag and somewhat shorter than the bag. In securing the envelope to thebag, as illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, a line ofstitching 12 is run through the marginal portion of the envelope andthrough one side of the bag, this line of stitching extending along. thelower margin of the envelope, along the closed end thereof, and alongthe upper margin of the envelope, and passing in the latter instancethrough the flaps 8 and 9 so as to secure these flaps in place in theevent that adhesive is not employed for this purpose, or, if adhesive isemployed to additionally secure the flaps. However, the fact will beappreciated that the line of stitching 12 may serve not only to securethe flap to the bag but also to secure the envelope blank in its foldedcondition so that in the manufacture of the article, the envelope blankmay be folded up to proper form, disposed against the face of one sideof the bag, before the bag is hemmed or completed, and the assembledelements then run. through a sewing machine for the purpose of not onlyuniting the folded envelope blank to the bag but also securing in placethe folded flaps 8 and 9 to complete the envelope.

By reference to Figures 1. and 2 of the drawings it will be observedthatnot only is the envelope, as before stated, somewhat shorter than thebag, but furthermore the envelope is so positioned upon the side of thebag that its closed end will be located relatively close to the closedend of the bag whereas its open end will be spaced inwardly. from theopen end or mouth of the bag a suflicient distance to permit of themouth being suitably puckered and tied without distorting the envelopeor creating any tendency of the members to tear apart.

It will now be understood that the article 0 articles to be mailed. areto be introduced into the bag 1 whereupon the mouth of the bag is to beclosed in any suitable manner. The bill or letter of transmittal havingbeen prepared, it is folded and. inserted in the envelope in such mannerthat the name and address of the consignee will be visible through theusual transparent window 13 provided in the front 6 of the envelope. Itis then only necessary to seal the envelope and apply a stamp of theproper denomin a tion. Thus in the use of the article embodying thepresent invention and where the envelope is provided with the window 13it is only necessary to once write the name and address of theconsignee, and the folding up of cartons, boxes or the like and thewrapping thereof to suitably house the article to be transmitted bymail, as heretofore practiced, is entirely obviated.

As before stated, in the formof the invention just described, thestitches 12 are passed through the marginal portions of the envelope andone side only of the bag, but if desired the stitches, indicated by thenumeral 14 in Fig. 4: of the drawings, may be passed 'throughthemarginal portion of both sides 'of'th'e bag as well through'the are ofdifferent relative proportions,

marginal portion of the envelope. While this arrangement, of course,somewhat re duces the capacity of the bag, nevertheless, it provides fora more secure anchorage of the envelope to the bag and vice versa.Furthermore, while it is preferable that the bag and envelope be unitedby a line of stitching, it will be understood that any equivalent meansmay be employed for this purpose, and by equivalent means 1 comprehendany means piercing the bag and envelope or contacting parts thereof.

It will be understood that instead. of providing the window ortransparent area 13 extending over only a portion of the front of theenvelope the entire front of the en velope may be rendered transparentin any suitable manner so that a properly addressed letter head may beso folded and inserted into the envelope that the letter head and thename and address of the addressee will be visible through thetransparent front,

and, also if desired, the postal mailing per mm notice may be printedupon the letter head and will then also be visible through the saidfront of the envelope. In this manner mistakes are avoided and time issaved in addressing the communication, and the expense incident toseparate printing of the usual return card and permit notice upon theface of theenvelope is avoided.

It will also be understood that the principles of the invention may beembodied in an article in which the envelope and bag For example, thebag may be sufliciently large to contain seed, laundry, or in fact anyarticle or articles, and likewise the envelope itself may be of anysuitable convenient size without departing from the spirit of theinvention. It will also be apparent that in stead of making the envelopeportion of the article of paper, it may be made of cloth or any othersuitable material.

Having thus described theinvention, what is claimed as new is:

In an article of the class described, a bag of limp materialhaving amouth at one end, an envelope having a back disposed against one side ofthe bag, means extending along the side edges of the envelope and theend edge thereof remote from the mouth of the bag to secure the frontand back of the envelope together and to the said side of the bag, thesaid sides and end of the envelope being permanently closed by saidmeans and the other end of the envelope being left unattached and opento provide a mouth spaced inwardly from the mouth of the bag, the saidback of the envelope being provided at its last mentioned end with anextension providing a closure flap for the said mouth end of theenvelope.

In testimony whereof I ailii: signature.

ILLIAM E. LOVER. 1. s.] a

